At 8/20/2016 11:39:11 PM, Capital wrote:Lol why invade a nuclear power when you have savager muslims in the middle east to take care of?

I was being facetious.

That said, nuclear capability didn't stop China from deploying a million troops against us in the Korean War (1950-53), or from attacking India in 1962, and that was just to kill border patrol guards who may have strayed too close to Chinese territory. Great powers are reckless, especially land powers.

And Boris, check out the world of geopolitics if you want to get a closer look at the necessities surrounding war and conquest. It is land power (Russia, China, Byzantine Rome) versus sea power (U.S., U.K., Carthage), and a sea power will never serve its own interests by being bogged down in a war of ground forces. Controlling commerce on the high seas and having others fight one's wars are key ingredients to keeping the aggressive land power at bay. You see, by keeping trade lanes open and tariffs to a minimum, it is possible to acquire oil cheaply without the hassle of extraction.

At 8/20/2016 11:39:11 PM, Capital wrote:Lol why invade a nuclear power when you have savager muslims in the middle east to take care of?

I was being facetious.

That said, nuclear capability didn't stop China from deploying a million troops against us in the Korean War (1950-53), or from attacking India in 1962, and that was just to kill border patrol guards who may have strayed too close to Chinese territory. Great powers are reckless, especially land powers.

And Boris, check out the world of geopolitics if you want to get a closer look at the necessities surrounding war and conquest. It is land power (Russia, China, Byzantine Rome) versus sea power (U.S., U.K., Carthage), and a sea power will never serve its own interests by being bogged down in a war of ground forces. Controlling commerce on the high seas and having others fight one's wars are key ingredients to keeping the aggressive land power at bay. You see, by keeping trade lanes open and tariffs to a minimum, it is possible to acquire oil cheaply without the hassle of extraction.

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. - Friedman

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. -Friedman

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. - Friedman

Society will never be free until the last Democrat is strangled with the entrails of the last Communist.

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

He didn't make a great economy, nor did he do it by plundering European nations. This isn't the Middle Ages, there is no gold to plunder. War is too costly to sustain nations.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. - Friedman

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. -Friedman

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. - Friedman

Society will never be free until the last Democrat is strangled with the entrails of the last Communist.

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

He didn't make a great economy, nor did he do it by plundering European nations. This isn't the Middle Ages, there is no gold to plunder. War is too costly to sustain nations.

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

He didn't make a great economy, nor did he do it by plundering European nations. This isn't the Middle Ages, there is no gold to plunder. War is too costly to sustain nations.

Damn it my plan to enslave the hispanics is ruined!

Well, that plan is already ruined by the fact that there is an international community dedicated to ensuring an end to military conflicts and slavery...

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. - Friedman

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. -Friedman

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. - Friedman

Society will never be free until the last Democrat is strangled with the entrails of the last Communist.

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

He didn't make a great economy, nor did he do it by plundering European nations. This isn't the Middle Ages, there is no gold to plunder. War is too costly to sustain nations.

Damn it my plan to enslave the hispanics is ruined!

Well, that plan is already ruined by the fact that there is an international community dedicated to ensuring an end to military conflicts and slavery...

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

He didn't make a great economy, nor did he do it by plundering European nations. This isn't the Middle Ages, there is no gold to plunder. War is too costly to sustain nations.

Damn it my plan to enslave the hispanics is ruined!

Well, that plan is already ruined by the fact that there is an international community dedicated to ensuring an end to military conflicts and slavery...

Oh right the UN. Yeah I'm goibg to put con on them in issues

The UN and hundreds of military treaties

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. - Friedman

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. -Friedman

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. - Friedman

Society will never be free until the last Democrat is strangled with the entrails of the last Communist.

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

He didn't make a great economy, nor did he do it by plundering European nations. This isn't the Middle Ages, there is no gold to plunder. War is too costly to sustain nations.

Damn it my plan to enslave the hispanics is ruined!

Well, that plan is already ruined by the fact that there is an international community dedicated to ensuring an end to military conflicts and slavery...

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

He didn't make a great economy, nor did he do it by plundering European nations. This isn't the Middle Ages, there is no gold to plunder. War is too costly to sustain nations.

Damn it my plan to enslave the hispanics is ruined!

Well, that plan is already ruined by the fact that there is an international community dedicated to ensuring an end to military conflicts and slavery...

Oh right the UN. Yeah I'm goibg to put con on them in issues

The UN and hundreds of military treaties

Treaties shmeaties

US can do whatever they hell they want

Not really

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. - Friedman

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. -Friedman

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. - Friedman

Society will never be free until the last Democrat is strangled with the entrails of the last Communist.

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

He didn't make a great economy, nor did he do it by plundering European nations. This isn't the Middle Ages, there is no gold to plunder. War is too costly to sustain nations.

Damn it my plan to enslave the hispanics is ruined!

Well, that plan is already ruined by the fact that there is an international community dedicated to ensuring an end to military conflicts and slavery...

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

He didn't make a great economy, nor did he do it by plundering European nations. This isn't the Middle Ages, there is no gold to plunder. War is too costly to sustain nations.

Damn it my plan to enslave the hispanics is ruined!

Well, that plan is already ruined by the fact that there is an international community dedicated to ensuring an end to military conflicts and slavery...

Oh right the UN. Yeah I'm goibg to put con on them in issues

The UN and hundreds of military treaties

Treaties shmeaties

US can do whatever they hell they want

Not really

Unless we just bomb them

That's exactly what we can't do

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. - Friedman

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. -Friedman

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. - Friedman

Society will never be free until the last Democrat is strangled with the entrails of the last Communist.

Bahaha! Invade and plunder Mexico's ... what, exactly? Outsourced American industries? Tourists? Dope and prostitution rings? All of which already constitute an extended part of the American economic imperium.

I'm really sorry, Boris. Your land-power mentality is unfit for a sea power, not even close to what is relevant for our national interest. You were born in the wrong era. The only three entities fighting for territorial conquest today are China, Russia, and the Islamic State. Take your pick and join the foreign legion closest to your desires. :D

Huh I guess your right. I wonder if we take all of South America there would be many natural resources to be plundered

War is too costly in the short term to constitute immediate benefits in the next 50-100 years.

So how did hitler make a great ecobomy just by plundering the other european nations?

He didn't make a great economy, nor did he do it by plundering European nations. This isn't the Middle Ages, there is no gold to plunder. War is too costly to sustain nations.

Damn it my plan to enslave the hispanics is ruined!

Well, that plan is already ruined by the fact that there is an international community dedicated to ensuring an end to military conflicts and slavery...